In my teens, I become very interested in Christian Music. I began buying cassette tapes and albums of music by Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Newsboys, Petra, and Whiteheart which were popular artists/bands in the 80s. The music reflected events occurring in my faith life. I was also rebelling in my way against the music …
Let us face it, we Christians are not perfect. We are like everyone else and we sin just like everyone else. We do an injustice when we live in denial that we are still sinners or believe we are better than others. If anything, we should be even more conscious of our sins. We should …
It is easy to take credit for our successes, and easy to blame others for our failures. Would it be better, however, to give credit to others for our successes and blame ourselves for our failures?
There is a inherit danger in defining what characteristics of a Christian. If we define in very precise strokes, no one can be called a Christian. Likewise, if we define Christianity in overly broad strokes, even Satanists become Christians.
The past week we recounted the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. Many of us prefer to focus on the Resurrection because: 1) it is easier to reflect on because we prefer to not to deal with pain and suffering; 2) the Resurrection if proof to us that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. It is what …
